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1. Noisy talk.
4. One thousandth of a second.
8. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
11. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
12. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
16. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
17. A source of danger.
19. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
23. Being nine more than ninety.
24. (law) A gift of personal property by will.
27. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
31. A lyric poet.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
35. One million periods per second.
36. A state in midwestern United States.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
49. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
51. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
52. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
53. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
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1. Not only so, but.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
4. Admission to a group (especially a college or university).
5. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
6. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
7. A cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin).
8. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
9. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
18. The capital of Croatia.
20. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
28. The cry made by sheep.
29. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
30. A bachelor's degree in religion.
33. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
38. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
39. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
40. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
44. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
48. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
50. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
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